The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2189
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
4:00 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3300
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 | 139.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 30.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -9.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.13° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.65° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.