The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1916
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
3:02 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -77
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 | 298.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 9.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.94° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.78° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.