The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2163
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
2:39 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2978
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.91° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.57° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.