The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 19, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
3:31 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 131.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 47.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.71° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.18° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.