The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 1980
Waxing Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
11:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 72.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.89° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.58° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.