The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1974
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
10:43 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 641
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 | 63.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -21.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.14° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.81° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.