The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 1954
Waning Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
3:09 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 303.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 246.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.70° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.20° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.