The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1981
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
3:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 727
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 | 288.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.93° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.86° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.