The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1927
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
7:54 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 53
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.33° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.34° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.