The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 1900
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.26° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.33° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.