The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 1976
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 665
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 | 261.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.19° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.44° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.