The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
3:56 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1587
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 41.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.46° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.72° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.