The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2017
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
8:12 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1173
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 | 21.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 134.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -12.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.86° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.78° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.