The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
2:03 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3164
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 | 113.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.03° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.03° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.