The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 1995
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
4:43 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 900
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 216.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.19° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.02° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.