The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
3:42 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 10
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 | 146.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.68° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.43° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.