The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
7:56 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1240
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 7.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.80° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.15° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.