The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
3:29 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.90° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.28° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.