The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1906
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
8:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -200
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 | 38.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 135.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.81° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.98° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.