The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 1930
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
11:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 90
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.54° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.36° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.