The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 1911
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
5:13 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 342.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 196.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -1.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.73° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.18° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.