The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
4:33 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3436
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -1.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.94° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.39° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.