The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 19, 2041
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1463
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.04° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.26° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.