The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1979
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
4:23 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 300.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.22° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.34° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.