The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1905
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
12:08 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -213
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 19m / 19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.38° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.99° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.