The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 1924
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
6:07 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 16
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 340.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -7.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.00° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.