The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1966
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
11:58 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 83.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -26.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.33° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.15° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.