The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2019
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
2:13 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 259.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.15° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.09° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.