The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2052
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
11:25 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1599
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.10° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.84° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.