The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
4:33 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 78
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 32.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.23° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.04° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.