The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 19, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
4:39 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 585
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -4.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.92° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.77° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.