The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1955
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
9:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 406
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 | 43.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 124.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.90° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.82° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.