The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1963
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
6:29 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 504
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 | 339.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 176.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.82° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.67° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.