The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 2004
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1012
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -26.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.32° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.57° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.