The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2039
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
9:44 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1445
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 | 52.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 118.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -23.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.72° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.07° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.