The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2005
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
12:32 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 231.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 302.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.19° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.00° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.