The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 2012
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
10:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1111
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 | 57.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.19° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.42° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.