The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 1943
Full Moon
99.8% 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
8:37 PM
7:13 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 251
Events on this date
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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 | 182.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.24° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.69° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.