The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 1976
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
11:15 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 659
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 | 262.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.64° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.33° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.