The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 1908
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
8:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -182
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 | 229.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.11° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.73° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.