The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
4:33 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -256
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 25.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.22° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.25° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.