The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 88.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.96° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.06° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.