The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
4:56 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 480
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.81° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.35° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.9° |
| 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.