The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2196
Waning Crescent
1.6% 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
6:37 AM
5:49 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3386
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 174.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.49° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.97° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.