The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 2041
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
4:47 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1469
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.41° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.77° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.