The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
5:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 152.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 4.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -0.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.27° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.31° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.