The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1904
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -231
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.10° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.71° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.