The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1919
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
4:31 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -40
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 220.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.52° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.79° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.