The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 1930
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
10:05 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 90
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -27.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.59° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.16° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.