The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 1955
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
10:48 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.52° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.42° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.