The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 2177
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
11:08 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3145
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.30° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.30° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.