The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1927
Waning Crescent
20.9% 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
1:45 AM
4:00 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.18° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.85° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| 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.