The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2012
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
11:29 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1111
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 | 70.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.51° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.22° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.