The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1959
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
11:15 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 455
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 299.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.55° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.85° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.