The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 2152
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
1:46 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2842
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 | 248.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 27.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.32° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.51° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.16° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.