The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
1:09 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 443
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 | 102.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.59° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.99° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.53° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.