The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1937
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
7:39 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 183
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 344.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.92° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.75° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| 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.