The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2177
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
12:07 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3145
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 | 264.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.11° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.50° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.