The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 1968
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
11:09 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 560
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 | 268.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -25.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.33° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.76° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.