The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1975
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
9:09 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 196.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 323.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.74° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.83° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.