The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
5:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2026
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 8.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / 5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.85° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.70° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.