The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1968
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
12:20 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 560
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 | 281.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.74° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.97° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.