The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
6:10 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 163.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 347.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.10° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.13° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.