The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1989
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
8:44 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 826
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 | 191.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 329.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.91° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.24° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.