The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
3:44 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 851
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 | 133.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 39.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -4.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.39° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.64° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.