The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 282
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 | 105.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -21.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.57° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.62° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.