The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
5:37 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1556
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 | 155.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 8.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.31° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.