The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1901
First Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
11:59 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.14° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.24° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.