The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 2169
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
6:47 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3052
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 162.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.58° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.62° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.