The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
4:22 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 684
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 | 148.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -0.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.96° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.18° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.