The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 2082
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
1:18 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1970
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.79° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.87° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.