The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 2049
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
3:30 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1568
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 | 290.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 10.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.59° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.30° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.