The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2015
First Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 87.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.60° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.30° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| 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.