The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
3:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 102.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 54.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.62° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.31° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.