The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
1:20 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2224
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 | 107.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 73.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.83° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.06° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.