The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2052
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
6:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 167.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.15° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.66° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.