The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 1975
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
8:11 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 13.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.65° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.68° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.2° |
| 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.