The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
1:01 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1049
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 | 105.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.54° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.67° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.