The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
4:16 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 616
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 | 140.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 29.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.61° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.27° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.