The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 1947
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
10:13 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 307
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 | 75.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -26.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.87° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.45° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.