The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1933
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
4:01 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 133
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.26° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.09° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.