The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1963
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
8:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 505
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.72° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.27° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.