The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 2071
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
11:15 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1834
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 | 249.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.29° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.45° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.