The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 1913
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
12:22 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -114
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 | 242.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 28.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.05° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.56° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.