The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 2042
Waxing Crescent
35.3% 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
2:13 PM
10:59 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1482
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -28.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.12° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.14° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| 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.