The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 1970
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
1:19 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 242.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 296.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 28.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.88° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.08° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.