The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
5:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 752
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 | 154.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 4.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.84° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.05° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.