The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 2006
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
5:38 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1036
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 190.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.37° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.30° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.