The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
4:40 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2193
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 31.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.44° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.88° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.