The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
4:54 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 350
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 14.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.86° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.40° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.