The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 2012
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
8:00 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 353.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.2° / 150.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.02° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.10° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.