The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1928
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
7:02 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 72
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 149.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.80° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.08° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.