The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 2174
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3108
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -26.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.65° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.50° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.