The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2182
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
3:12 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3213
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.94° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.39° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.