The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1938
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
12:57 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 195
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 | 260.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.67° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.34° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.