The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1950
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
8:41 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 344
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -28.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.20° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.33° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.