The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 2038
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1432
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 | 262.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.45° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.88° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.