The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 1974
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
11:40 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 101.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.36° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.62° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.