The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 1949
Last Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
10:48 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 325
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -26.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.25° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.97° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.