The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1974
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
6:44 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 156.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -12.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.89° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.14° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 352.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.