The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1944
Waning Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
5:48 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 263
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 185.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.42° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.