The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
3:04 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 125.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 4.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.21° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.85° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.