The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 1956
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
9:51 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 418
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 | 204.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.33° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.19° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.