The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1949
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 331
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 | 276.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.57° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.94° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.79° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.