The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2016
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
12:41 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 242.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.32° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.23° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.