The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 2017
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
7:07 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 153.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.90° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.80° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 185.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.