The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1938
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
4:07 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.6° / 219.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / -1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.25° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.32° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.