The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
3:45 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 480
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 | 136.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 35.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.20° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.50° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.