The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 1992
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 857
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 | 222.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.57° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.59° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.