The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
12:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1284
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 | 100.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.17° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.05° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.