The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 19, 2198
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
11:59 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3411
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 21.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.55° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.95° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.