The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
1:15 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 678
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 | 104.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 75.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.74° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.74° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.