The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
4:43 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.73° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.63° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.