The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
6:57 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2867
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 | 171.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 345.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.81° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.26° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.