The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
5:02 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2496
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / 2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.92° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.26° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| 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.