The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2023
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
10:53 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1247
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -28.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.99° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.94° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.