The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1995
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
11:17 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 894
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 | 250.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.85° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.43° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.