The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
4:49 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 148.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 14.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.05° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.55° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.