The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2051
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
8:41 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1593
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 | 192.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 324.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.55° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.68° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| 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.