The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 1910
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
10:33 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -151
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 | 223.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 316.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.95° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.69° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.