The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1927
Waning Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
12:17 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.80° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.93° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.