The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2021
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
8:40 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 324.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 13.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.12° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.80° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.