The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 1921
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
11:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -15
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 301.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.69° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.11° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.