The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
6:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 987
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 | 162.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 353.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / -0.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.30° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.27° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.