The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 19, 2048
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
1:26 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1550
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 21.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.83° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.77° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.