The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2063
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
6:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1741
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 161.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.73° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.95° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.