The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 2096
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
5:55 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2143
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 184.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.44° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.