The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
5:25 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1253
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 14.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.52° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.71° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.