The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 2167
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
9:37 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3022
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 119.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.38° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.13° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.