The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2115
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
8:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2385
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.96° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.43° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.