The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1993
Waxing Crescent
32.7% 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
1:20 PM
11:19 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 876
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 | 69.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.88° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.38° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.01° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.