The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
3:08 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 139.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.96° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.57° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.