The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2001
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
10:27 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 975
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 | 62.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 112.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -23.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.43° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.46° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.