The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 2145
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
7:09 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2749
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.8° / 165.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.48° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.12° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.