The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1962
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
3:01 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 492
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.26° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.86° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.