The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2066
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
8:24 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1779
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 131.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.86° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.93° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.