The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 1966
First Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 542
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.73° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.97° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.