The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 2136
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
9:22 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2638
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -28.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.22° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.06° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.