The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
1:48 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1080
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 | 75.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.24° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.18° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.