The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 1948
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
8:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 319
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 336.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.56° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.00° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.