The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
3:38 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 418
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 | 132.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.86° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.74° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.