The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
4:11 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1822
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 37.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.07° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.93° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.