The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1935
Waning Crescent
36.0% 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
12:18 AM
2:31 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 158
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 | 286.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.79° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.20° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.