The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2019
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
7:49 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -12.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.19° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.63° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.