The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1903
New Moon
0.0% 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
6:38 AM
6:01 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -237
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 172.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -8.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.92° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.88° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.