The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
4:24 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 153.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 29.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / 4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.42° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.