The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
4:31 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 142.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 26.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.35° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.87° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.