The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 1918
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
9:58 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -52
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 | 205.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 317.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.48° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.59° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.