The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1946
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
4:10 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 309.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.32° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.65° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.