The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1933
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
7:04 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 134
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -25.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.28° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.63° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.