The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1970
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
8:41 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 191.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 329.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.03° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.