The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 2106
Last Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2273
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.21° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.16° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.