The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
1:55 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 183
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 | 125.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 66.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -7.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.22° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.02° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.