The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1913
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
1:15 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -114
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 27.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.18° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.73° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.