The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 1916
Waning Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
2:37 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -77
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.96° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.58° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| 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.