The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 1973
Waning Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
3:08 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 628
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 | 279.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.59° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / 4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.11° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.