The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
5:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 585
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 | 168.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 8.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.56° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| 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.