The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1962
Waning Gibbous
93.0% 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
8:49 PM
10:01 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 492
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 | 210.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 307.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.14° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.03° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.