The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 1973
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
7:12 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 622
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -24.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.46° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.32° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.