The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 1917
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
9:49 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -64
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 | 66.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 118.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.76° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.33° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.