The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1992
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
4:04 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 863
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 | 303.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 233.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 6.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.54° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.30° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.