The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 2015
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
11:52 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 75.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.38° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.48° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.