The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
2:05 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 117.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.21° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.31° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| 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.