The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
4:09 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 319
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 | 153.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 30.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.71° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.62° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.