The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1946
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
8:14 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 288
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -22.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.46° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.13° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.