The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1922
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
5:27 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -3
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 189.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -4.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.38° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.47° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.