The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
6:37 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1222
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 | 169.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 344.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 2.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.65° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.51° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.