The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:10 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 344
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.84° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.58° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.