The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1963
Waxing Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
8:16 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 505
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 133.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -13.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.90° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.48° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.