The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1982
Waxing Crescent
13.4% 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
11:18 AM
9:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 740
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 | 42.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.69° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.47° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.