The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1973
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
11:47 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 628
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 303.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 23.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.87° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.42° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.