The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 2014
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 234.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.46° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.07° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.