The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 1909
Waxing Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
9:04 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -163
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.98° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.06° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.