The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 19, 2085
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
3:30 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2007
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 221.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -7.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.28° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.75° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.