The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
4:59 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 245
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 | 149.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 13.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -2.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.45° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.15° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.