The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 19, 2079
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1933
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 | 218.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.86° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.65° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.