The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 2008
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
2:23 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 259.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 24.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.84° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.85° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| 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.