The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2001
Waxing Crescent
18.0% 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
12:00 PM
9:39 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 975
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 | 50.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 119.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.49° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.66° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.