The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1938
Waning Crescent
15.7% 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
2:41 AM
3:34 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 235.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.29° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.11° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.