The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2006
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
5:57 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1036
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 | 343.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 176.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.18° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.51° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.