The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
6:04 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 171.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.41° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.73° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| 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.