The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
1:41 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1284
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 | 112.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.34° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.88° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.