The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2164
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
10:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2991
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.21° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.34° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.