The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1957
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
4:29 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 222.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.09° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.42° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.