The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1911
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
10:14 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -145
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 | 258.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -27.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.60° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.55° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.