The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
5:16 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1488
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 18.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 5.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.41° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.12° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| 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.