The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% 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
5:28 PM
5:25 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2966
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 | 152.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 10.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.85° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.