The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1996
First Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 913
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.37° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.10° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.