The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
4:34 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 47
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.78° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.