The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2024
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
11:52 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 224.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 307.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.00° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.63° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.