The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 2142
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
3:07 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2712
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 225.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.88° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.95° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.