The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2069
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
7:42 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1809
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 157.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.51° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.31° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.