The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 1908
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
3:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -176
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.81° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.04° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.