The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
5:48 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2465
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 342.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -11.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.39° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.30° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.