The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 1952
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
3:29 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 362
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 | 313.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 224.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.28° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.28° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.