The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 2049
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
3:00 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1568
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 13.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.71° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.10° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.