The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
8:19 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1092
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 | 215.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.50° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.22° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.