The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 1951
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
11:40 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 356
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 | 234.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 28.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.66° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.80° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.