The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1989
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 826
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.57° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.22° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.