The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
6:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1624
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 160.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 351.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.26° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.73° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.