The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1977
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
9:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 678
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 123.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.34° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.71° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.