The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 2100
Waning Gibbous
94.3% 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
7:43 PM
10:20 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2199
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 318.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.52° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.49° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.