The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1943
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 257
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.98° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.07° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.