The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1981
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
10:00 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 727
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 | 209.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 308.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.09° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.84° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.