The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2084
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
2:07 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2001
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.05° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.83° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.