The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1970
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
2:08 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 253.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.53° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.25° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.