The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 19, 1974
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
10:24 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 642
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.67° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.06° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.