The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 19, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
2:30 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 412
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.27° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.04° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| 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.