The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
4:05 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 36.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -0.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.79° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.80° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.