The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1990
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
7:29 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 839
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 | 22.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 141.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.47° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.13° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.