The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
1:28 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2694
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 | 107.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.57° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.45° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.