The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
4:49 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1655
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 | 148.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 14.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.43° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.72° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.