The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
5:29 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1086
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 10.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.71° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.