The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2089
Waning Gibbous
98.6% 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
7:42 PM
8:46 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2063
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 | 193.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.49° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.29° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.