The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1940
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
10:33 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 220
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.29° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.74° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.