The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 1909
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
8:02 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -169
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 | 7.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 150.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 10.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.99° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.53° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.