The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 2020
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
6:03 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1203
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 180.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.42° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.