The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1917
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
8:46 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -64
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 | 53.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.52° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.53° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.