The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1946
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
12:16 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 294
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 24.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.39° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.72° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.