The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 2070
Waning Gibbous
98.9% 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
7:36 PM
8:38 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1828
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 | 191.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 324.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.45° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.48° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.