The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 2043
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
9:12 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1494
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.47° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.12° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| 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.