The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 1919
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -46
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 | 226.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.38° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.25° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.