The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 1969
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
10:42 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 573
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 | 33.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.6° / 100.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 25.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.32° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.38° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.