The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2043
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
10:33 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1494
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 | 210.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 315.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 23.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.48° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.28° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.