The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -126
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -21.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.60° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.97° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.