The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1902
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
11:28 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -250
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.49° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.30° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.