The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 1917
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
6:38 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -71
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 | 348.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.1° / 190.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.48° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.79° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.