The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 19, 1998
Last Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
12:37 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.40° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.15° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.31° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.