The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1979
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
6:54 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 702
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 158.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -5.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.78° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.39° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.