The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 19, 2074
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
1:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1871
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 | 285.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.44° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.31° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.