The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 19, 2144
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2743
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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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 | 266.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.35° / -5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.86° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.77° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.