The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2085
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
7:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2014
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 139.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.76° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.33° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.