The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2046
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
2:03 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1531
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 | 255.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 24.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.14° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.51° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.44° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.