The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 1906
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
7:25 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -200
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -12.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.90° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.19° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.