The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 1940
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
11:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 220
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 | 239.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.74° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.91° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.