The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 2007
First Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -23.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.54° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.85° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.