The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 2180
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
7:11 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3189
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 | 8.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.95° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.91° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.