The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 1952
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
6:22 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 369
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 156.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.31° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.03° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.