The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1997
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
1:21 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 925
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 | 252.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.49° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.61° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.