The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
11:38 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 229.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 296.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.81° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.07° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.