The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 1979
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
6:24 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 343.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 171.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.63° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.17° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.