The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1998
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
7:17 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.70° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.81° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.