The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
5:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 47
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 | 172.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 0.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.44° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.63° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 210.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.