The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1900
Waning Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
4:09 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.85° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.91° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.