The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1984
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
5:02 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 764
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 | 306.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 233.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.68° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.77° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.