The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 2066
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
8:30 AM
6:51 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1779
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 152.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.35° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.35° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 320.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.