The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1960
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
2:06 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 461
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 | 297.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 235.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.36° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.62° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.