The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2065
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
1:38 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1766
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 24.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.47° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.05° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.