The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 19, 1987
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
10:48 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 795
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -28.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.33° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.88° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.