The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
12:50 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 81.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.79° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.65° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.10° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.