The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2150
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
7:11 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2818
Events on this date
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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 | 1.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 151.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.37° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.03° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.