The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
6:17 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 752
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 | 165.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 348.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.22° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.90° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.