The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 2047
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
6:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1544
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 152.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.63° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.15° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 323.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.