The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 2020
First Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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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 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.01° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.16° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.28° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.