The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2049
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
3:58 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1568
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 | 301.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.56° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.49° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.