The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 19, 1976
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
10:13 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 659
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 | 250.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.38° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.14° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.