The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 2065
Waning Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1766
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 | 260.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.50° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.23° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.