The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1978
Waning Gibbous
87.4% 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
9:25 PM
11:01 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 221.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 301.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.37° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.48° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.