The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2099
First Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2187
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 99.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -25.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.98° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.12° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.91° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| 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.