The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1967
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
8:52 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 325.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.00° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.11° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.