The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1944
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
8:29 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 270
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.38° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.09° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.