The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
2:08 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 443
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.13° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.36° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.