The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 2055
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
7:22 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1643
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.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 149.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.33° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.60° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.