The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 2063
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
5:27 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1741
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 193.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.17° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.52° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.