The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 20, 2178
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
11:26 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3158
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.15° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.66° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.