The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
5:04 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.66° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.56° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.