The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2059
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
8:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1692
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 328.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.24° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.