The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 1994
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
9:45 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 888
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.43° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.60° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.