The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1995
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 900
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 | 258.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.71° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.05° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.