The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
3:35 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1117
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 8.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.14° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.12° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.