The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 1971
Waning Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
5:07 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 320.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 209.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.82° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.00° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.