The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2003
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
9:31 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 993
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 | 233.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -25.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.87° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.82° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.