The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
7:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1092
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -20.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.99° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.05° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.