The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2040
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
9:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1457
Events on this date
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Mercury 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 | 198.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 320.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.03° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.58° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.