The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
5:46 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3170
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 343.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.02° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.09° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.