The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% 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
7:30 PM
5:46 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3405
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.9° / 344.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.06° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.29° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| 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.