The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
6:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1556
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 | 167.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 353.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.98° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.16° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.