The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2041
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
5:31 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1469
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 | 322.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.1° / 204.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.10° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.18° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.