The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1938
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 189
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.65° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.72° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.