The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2146
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
8:28 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2768
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 323.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.72° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.