The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 1962
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
6:28 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 486
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 329.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.88° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.97° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| 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.