The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2093
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
7:23 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2113
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 | 4.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 148.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.44° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.99° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| 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.