The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1930
Waning Crescent
6.6% 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
3:54 AM
4:48 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 96
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 214.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.91° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.80° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.