The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
5:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3201
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 4.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.06° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.