The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1948
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
9:22 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 319
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 | 210.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 326.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.21° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.16° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.