The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
3:57 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 888
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 | 136.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 35.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.82° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.34° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.