The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 1998
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
6:47 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 351.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 161.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.84° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.98° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.