The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1949
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
5:07 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 196.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -3.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.18° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.81° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.