The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2068
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
4:21 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1803
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 | 310.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 3.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.00° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.32° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.