The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 1990
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
8:07 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 839
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 | 33.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 133.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -24.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.41° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.92° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.