The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
2:42 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3399
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 | 121.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.93° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.24° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.