The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2011
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
2:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 276.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.26° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.14° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.71° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.