The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
5:35 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 14.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.13° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.04° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.