The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2183
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
6:33 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3219
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 177.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 2.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.97° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.54° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.