The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 1941
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
6:09 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 233
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 171.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.48° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.52° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.