The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2013
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
9:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1123
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 | 199.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.38° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.23° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.