The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 1945
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
7:03 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 282
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 344.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.79° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.