The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 1982
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
8:38 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 740
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.40° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.67° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.