The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2014
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
11:06 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 248.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.54° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.25° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| 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.