The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1981
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
3:16 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.62° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.67° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.