The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Waxing Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
11:07 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1012
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 | 73.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 108.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.08° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.76° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.