The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1928
Waxing Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
10:23 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 72
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 | 76.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -26.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.99° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.07° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.