The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% 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
5:11 PM
3:38 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 134.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -8.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.27° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.71° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| 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.