The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2023
First Quarter
44.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1247
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.78° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.75° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.