The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 2071
Waning Crescent
15.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
4:52 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1840
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 218.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 6.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.68° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.86° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.