The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1939
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
8:32 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 202
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.3° / 139.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 39m / 15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.04° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.48° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.