The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 19, 1942
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 239
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.11° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.03° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| 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.