The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1942
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
11:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 245
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 | 72.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.63° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.18° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.