The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 1978
Waning Gibbous
80.1% 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
10:11 PM
11:56 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 232.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.86° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.65° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.