The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 1905
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
12:58 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -213
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 | 260.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.89° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.60° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.17° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.