The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1901
Waxing Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
11:00 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.68° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.42° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.