The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
1:10 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1383
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.84° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.32° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.