The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2169
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
7:18 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3053
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 | 4.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 149.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.12° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.84° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.