The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 1946
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
7:39 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 288
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.67° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.95° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.