The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1914
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
7:08 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -101
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.08° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.44° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.