The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 19, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
2:34 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 177
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° 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 | 112.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.83° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.83° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.