The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2122
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
1:23 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2471
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 | 248.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.28° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.09° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.