The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2098
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
9:38 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2168
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 | 238.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.19° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.64° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.