The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2044
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
6:46 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1507
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 | 8.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 152.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.11° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.64° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 318.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.