The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2016
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
1:37 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 255.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.38° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.40° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.