The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1984
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
1:13 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 764
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 | 243.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 25.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.76° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.84° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.