The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 2019
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
8:25 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.01° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.