The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
1:01 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 913
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 | 102.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 77.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.56° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.92° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.