The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 2019
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
1:17 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1197
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 288.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 22.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.89° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.92° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.