The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1910
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
7:54 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -151
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 337.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.03° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.38° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.