The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
5:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 220
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 2.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.32° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.05° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.