The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 2090
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
11:57 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2069
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 | 258.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.92° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.25° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.