The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 2003
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 993
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 | 220.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.35° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.65° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.