The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2063
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
5:53 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1741
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 | 344.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 175.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -7.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.98° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.74° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.