The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 19, 1909
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
6:46 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -170
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 175.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.07° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.23° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.