The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 1917
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
7:51 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -64
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -23.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.50° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.73° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.