The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2172
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
8:37 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3090
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 129.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -25.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.98° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.01° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.