The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 1973
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
4:11 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 628
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 | 305.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.25° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.50° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.