The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1916
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
6:57 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -83
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 | 213.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.71° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.13° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.