The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2041
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
5:10 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1469
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 223.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 12.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.25° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.97° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.