The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1959
Waning Gibbous
78.7% 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
10:18 PM
12:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 455
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 | 234.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 292.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 28m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.40° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.02° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.