The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 2185
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3244
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.94° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.71° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.