The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 19, 2020
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
5:05 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1203
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 193.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.59° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.20° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.