The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 1932
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
1:28 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 121
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 | 258.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 26.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.52° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.52° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.