The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1939
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
8:02 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 208
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 | 37.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 136.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.09° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.79° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.