The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2057
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
3:43 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1667
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 | 280.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 21.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.68° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.85° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.