The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1966
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
7:15 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.6° / 166.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.43° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.33° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.