The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1995
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
5:16 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 900
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 | 327.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 198.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / -0.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.38° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.23° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| 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.