The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1908
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
4:05 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -176
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 13.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.66° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.24° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.