The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 2192
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
3:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3331
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.41° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.07° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.