The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2047
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
7:34 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1544
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 | 21.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 141.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -21.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.85° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.93° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.