The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 2065
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
6:12 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1760
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.58° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 217.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.