The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 1990
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
6:56 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 839
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 | 11.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 149.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.41° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.34° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.