The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
3:59 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 783
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 | 128.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 11.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.27° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.80° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.