The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1949
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
11:53 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 325
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 | 276.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.73° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.17° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.