The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
3:51 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -58
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 | 117.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.63° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.93° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.