The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 2074
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
6:45 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1877
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 164.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -1.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.58° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.99° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.