The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 2183
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
5:22 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3219
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° 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 | 323.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 196.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.21° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.31° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.