The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 2054
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
12:27 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.45° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.84° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.