The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1953
First Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
11:29 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 381
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.61° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.24° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.