The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
3:35 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1519
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 | 132.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.74° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.92° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.