The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 1909
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
10:58 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -163
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -25.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.50° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.68° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.