The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1971
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
7:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 604
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 147.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.18° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.94° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.