The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1932
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
7:48 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 121
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 342.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.77° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.53° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.