The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
4:55 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 115
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 15.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.52° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.21° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.