The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
4:31 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2261
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 | 142.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / 0.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.85° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.06° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.