The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1933
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
3:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.51° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.46° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.