The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 19, 1981
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
6:19 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 721
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 335.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.65° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.