The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 2068
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
3:25 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1803
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 | 288.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 11.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.02° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.92° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.