The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 1929
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
10:26 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 84
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 24.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.53° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.50° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.