The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1994
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
8:49 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 888
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 | 192.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 325.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.62° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.45° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| 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.