The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 1985
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
6:53 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.7° / 174.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 7.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.00° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.26° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.