The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2042
First Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1482
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -26.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.92° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.95° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.