The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2020
Waxing Crescent
40.7% 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
2:24 PM
11:47 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.88° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.46° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.