The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 1991
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
1:09 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 845
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 24.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.61° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.18° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.