The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1947
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
9:20 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 307
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 | 64.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -26.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.88° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.65° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.