The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 1928
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
9:30 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 72
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 | 65.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -26.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.06° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.26° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.