The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
2:44 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 10
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.49° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.59° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.