The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 1930
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
5:13 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 96
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 194.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.49° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.01° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.