The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1916
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -77
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.12° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.39° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.