The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 1971
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
6:35 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 604
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 156.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.25° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.16° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 344.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.