The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
6:58 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.15° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.12° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 217.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.