The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
3:21 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 647
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 50.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.34° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.73° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.