The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2144
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
2:54 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2743
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 | 278.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.34° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.91° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.96° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.