The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2082
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
5:49 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1976
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 176.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.74° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.53° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.