The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1951
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
7:21 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 356
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 | 188.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 347.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.67° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.