The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 1928
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
8:03 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 66
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 150.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.22° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.73° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.