The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 1976
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
4:30 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 665
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 | 310.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 222.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.37° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.21° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.