The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1934
First Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
11:34 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 146
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -23.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.30° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.05° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.