The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
2:49 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 245
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 | 124.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.52° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.47° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.