The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 1993
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 876
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.99° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.82° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.