The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 1919
Waning Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
10:08 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -46
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 | 237.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.37° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.44° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.