The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 19, 2186
Waxing Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3263
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.56° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.82° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.