The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2047
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
4:17 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1537
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -3.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.96° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.35° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.