The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 19, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
4:54 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1723
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 27.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.67° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.50° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.