The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1978
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
12:46 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 244.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.09° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.81° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.