The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 1914
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
5:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -101
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 170.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.69° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.86° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 327.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.