The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 1974
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
5:41 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 634
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 | 326.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 197.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.56° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.23° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.