The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
7:13 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 344.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.66° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.