The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 1998
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
1:39 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 233.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.84° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.89° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.51° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| 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.