The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
12:55 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 22.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.93° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.49° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.