The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 1979
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
7:26 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 146.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.12° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.40° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.