The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
3:27 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 130.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.15° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.12° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.