The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
5:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -188
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 | 171.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.70° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.43° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 215.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.