The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1991
First Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 851
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.11° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.34° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.