The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
1:50 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1618
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 | 111.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.15° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.52° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.