The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1992
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
3:31 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 863
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 | 289.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.11° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.10° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.