The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2180
Waxing Crescent
4.0% 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
9:43 AM
8:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3189
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 137.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.96° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.69° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.