The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1932
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
11:51 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 121
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 28.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.28° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.17° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.