The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2051
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
9:53 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1593
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.67° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.83° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.