The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 1926
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
7:02 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 47
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 344.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.30° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.51° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.