The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 2019
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
7:15 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -7.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.99° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.