The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
5:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 851
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 | 157.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 5.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 6.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.33° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.