The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1960
Waning Crescent
23.4% 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
2:39 AM
4:25 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 467
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 11.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.56° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.74° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.