The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2052
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
5:53 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 182.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -2.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.72° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.45° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.