The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 2198
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
12:46 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3411
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.34° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.12° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.