The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2080
First Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1952
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -25.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.49° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.52° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.