The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 2181
Waxing Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
1:20 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3195
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.72° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.53° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.