The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 2046
Waning Gibbous
80.6% 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
9:32 PM
12:26 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1531
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 | 232.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 301.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.70° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.10° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.