The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
5:41 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 381
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 11.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.19° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.27° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.