The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2040
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
8:07 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1457
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 329.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 10.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.72° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.