The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 19, 1903
Last Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
11:39 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -244
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.41° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.98° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.