The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1991
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
2:02 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 845
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 | 78.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.84° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.97° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.