The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 2018
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
12:22 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1179
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.93° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.81° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.