The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
6:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 164.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.39° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.55° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.