The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1902
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
9:21 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -250
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 320.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.38° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.98° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.