The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
5:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2230
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 | 159.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 357.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.14° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.09° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.