The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2111
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
11:20 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2335
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.26° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.70° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.