The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2024
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
1:02 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 237.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 28.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.08° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.79° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.