The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 2027
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
12:19 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1296
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.57° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.31° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.