The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1932
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
5:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 115
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 351.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -13.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.74° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.