The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2044
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
6:19 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1506
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 162.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.06° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.15° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.