The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
3:48 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1655
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 | 136.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.98° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.88° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.