The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2167
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3028
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 96.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.61° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.44° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| 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.