The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 1903
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
5:24 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.03° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.66° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.