The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1909
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
9:57 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -163
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 | 70.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 117.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.58° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.87° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.