The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
1:39 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -27
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 | 108.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 70.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.15° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.77° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.