The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2006
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
6:18 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1036
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 164.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -10.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.06° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.73° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.