The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 2073
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
10:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1865
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 302.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.11° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.29° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.