The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
5:36 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 334.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 188.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.44° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.05° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.