The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2005
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
11:26 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 219.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 309.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.29° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.84° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.