The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2074
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
7:46 AM
7:20 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1878
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.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 149.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -6.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.44° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.80° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.