The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1974
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
6:45 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 634
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.4° / 179.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 7.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.46° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.46° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.