The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2031
Waxing Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
11:18 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1346
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.30° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.41° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.