The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 1938
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
4:40 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 195
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 | 339.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 202.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.03° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.53° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.