The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
6:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1859
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 351.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.13° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.92° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.