The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
1:47 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.00° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.23° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.