The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1919
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
5:28 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -40
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 | 335.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 187.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.66° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.21° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.