The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 1920
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
10:38 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -33
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.6° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.33° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.57° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.