The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 2042
Waxing Crescent
26.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
10:01 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.1%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1482
Events on this date
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Venus 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 | 61.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.61° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.33° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.