The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 208
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 | 96.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.68° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.81° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.