The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1957
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
10:39 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 424
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 | 256.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.44° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.52° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.