The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 2000
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 962
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.84° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.29° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.