The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2042
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
9:22 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1476
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.69° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.81° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.