The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
3:30 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3065
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 | 133.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 40.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.06° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.43° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.