The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1966
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
10:57 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 71.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -27.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.63° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.89° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.35° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.