The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1989
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
1:37 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 826
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 | 246.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 27.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.81° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.87° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.