The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2131
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
6:57 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2582
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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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 | 354.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 157.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.63° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.22° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.5° |
| 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.