The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 2008
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
1:32 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 245.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 12m / 26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.60° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.68° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.