The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 2061
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
9:22 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1711
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.4° / 124.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.67° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.01° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.