The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1987
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
6:08 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 801
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 | 347.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 170.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.93° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.92° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.