The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 1957
Waning Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.11° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.33° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.