The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
2:11 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.97° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.51° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.