The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 2014
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
4:37 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 312.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.35° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.63° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.