The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
4:33 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2663
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 33.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 8.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.15° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.46° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.