The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1921
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
9:20 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -15
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 320.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.70° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.79° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.