The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
2:19 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 678
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 | 117.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.29° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.57° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.