The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
4:30 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 313
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 | 142.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.62° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.23° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.