The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 1943
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
9:46 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 257
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 | 207.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.77° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.24° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.