The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1944
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
6:36 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 171.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.99° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.06° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.