The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
4:42 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -21
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 | 159.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.60° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.44° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.