The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 2001
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
8:56 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 975
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 | 37.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 125.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.11° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.52° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.87° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.