The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
5:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1927
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 | 159.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 357.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.26° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.