The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 1977
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
8:34 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 672
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 137.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 14.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.41° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.07° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.