The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2188
Waning Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
2:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3281
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.27° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.94° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.