The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 1965
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 523
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 | 235.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.80° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.91° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.