The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 1902
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
10:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -250
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 309.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.96° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.14° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.