The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1968
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
6:04 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 175.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.58° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.10° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.