The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
1:58 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 109
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 | 127.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.70° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.02° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| 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.