The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
12:42 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -27
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 | 97.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.06° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.94° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.