The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 1900
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
4:36 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 201.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -6.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.69° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.12° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.