The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2114
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2372
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 25.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.86° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.71° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.