The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
9:51 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1210
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 | 53.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.37° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.85° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.