The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
4:01 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -225
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 | 149.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 35.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.61° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.05° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.