The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2141
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
1:14 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2706
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 | 246.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.22° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.90° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.