The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
2:29 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 344
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 | 132.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -9.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.71° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.24° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.