The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2047
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
8:28 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1544
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 | 35.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 131.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -23.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.91° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.72° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.