The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
2:31 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1185
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 | 121.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.83° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.44° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.