The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 2177
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
5:48 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3151
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 174.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -9.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.61° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.17° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.