The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
3:20 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 109.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.62° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.92° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.