The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 19, 1906
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
3:31 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -207
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.51° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.10° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.