The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2109
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
11:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2304
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 | 252.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.83° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.86° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.