The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
67.3% 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
4:22 PM
1:18 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 752
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 | 110.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 77.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -21.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.86° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.72° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.