The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
3:06 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -225
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -5.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.80° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.21° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.