The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 2021
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
10:42 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.97° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.11° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.