The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
5:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1253
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 25.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 9.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.72° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.19° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.89° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.