The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% 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
4:05 PM
4:46 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1958
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 29.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.33° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.68° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.