The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1952
Waxing Crescent
0.8% 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
7:36 AM
5:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 369
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 | 9.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 167.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.28° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.25° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 320.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.