The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 19, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
4:01 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 313
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 42.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.14° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.41° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.