The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1970
Last Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.84° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.42° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| 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.