The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1967
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
10:57 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 554
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 | 215.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 311.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.66° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.42° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.