The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2011
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
3:27 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 288.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.79° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.90° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.