The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% 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
1:30 PM
3:48 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1451
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.28° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.94° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.