The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 1982
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
9:55 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 740
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 116.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.75° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.26° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.