The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
2:53 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2527
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.33° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.88° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.