The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 1984
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
9:12 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 758
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -25.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.22° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.71° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.