The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 19, 1900
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
8:44 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -281
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 | 233.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.13° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.14° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.