The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1961
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
11:23 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 480
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 | 70.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 104.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.61° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.38° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.