The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 2158
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
11:20 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2910
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.64° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.70° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.