The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 1997
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
6:53 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 925
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 340.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 3.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.44° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.