The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 2098
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
4:59 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2174
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.24° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.21° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.