The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
10:47 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.35° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.08° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.65° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.