The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 20, 2169
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
1:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3046
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 225.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.89° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.12° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.