The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2120
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
5:33 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2446
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 183.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.74° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.93° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.