The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 2013
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
8:24 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1123
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 | 188.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 329.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.62° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.