The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
1:41 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1853
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 | 109.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 71.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.08° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.91° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| 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.