The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1960
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
7:13 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 468
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 151.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.37° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.21° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.